boutons_deux
05-29-2019, 09:18 PM
Repug shitbags do whatever it takes to make TX a shithole
Republicans shied away from spending money to ensure all Texans get counted.
Texas has big things at stake in the 2020 U.S. Census:
billions of dollars in federal funding and congressional seats that could give the state a bigger say in Washington, D.C. Between that and
Texas’ history of being undercounted (http://bettertexasblog.org/2019/02/the-2020-census-undercounting-young-latino-children/),
Democratic lawmakers and policy analysts pushed this legislative session for the state to create a complete count commission and to allocate funds for community outreach.
Texas has one of the biggest shares of hard-to-count communities (https://www.censushardtocountmaps2020.us/) in the country: 25 percent, or about 6 million people.
Those are groups with low census response rates, including immigrants, people of color, residents of rural areas and very young children.
A George Washington University study (https://gwipp.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2181/f/downloads/GWIPP%20Reamer%20Fiscal%20Impacts%20of%20Census%20 Undercount%20on%20FMAP-based%20Programs%2003-19-18.pdf) found that a 1 percent undercount in the census could result in at least $300 million in federal funding lost for Texas every year for 10 years,
the interval in which the census is performed.
Losses would erode programs whose federal funding relies in part on census data, such as special education grants, foster care, highway planning and construction, and health care services for low-income and elderly people.
The census counts also determine the number of each state’s representatives in Congress and presidential electoral votes. Texas could gain up to three new congressional seats (https://www.brennancenter.org/potential-shifts-political-power-after-2020-census) after the 2020 Census, more than any other state stands to gain
more than half of states (http://forabettertexas.org/images/2018_Census_Factsheet_CCC.pdf) have made their own plans to ensure an accurate count of their populations in 2020.
California has allocated more money (https://www.ppic.org/publication/californians-and-the-2020-census/) for census outreach than any other state, with $100 million for 2018-19 and another $54 million proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom for 2019-20.
“If we don’t step up, the reality is California’s going to eat our lunch,”
https://www.texasobserver.org/census-legislature-citizenship-billions/ (https://www.texasobserver.org/census-legislature-citizenship-billions/)
Since the House is capped at 435 Reps for the last 100 years, where would TX get 3 more seats?
Republicans shied away from spending money to ensure all Texans get counted.
Texas has big things at stake in the 2020 U.S. Census:
billions of dollars in federal funding and congressional seats that could give the state a bigger say in Washington, D.C. Between that and
Texas’ history of being undercounted (http://bettertexasblog.org/2019/02/the-2020-census-undercounting-young-latino-children/),
Democratic lawmakers and policy analysts pushed this legislative session for the state to create a complete count commission and to allocate funds for community outreach.
Texas has one of the biggest shares of hard-to-count communities (https://www.censushardtocountmaps2020.us/) in the country: 25 percent, or about 6 million people.
Those are groups with low census response rates, including immigrants, people of color, residents of rural areas and very young children.
A George Washington University study (https://gwipp.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2181/f/downloads/GWIPP%20Reamer%20Fiscal%20Impacts%20of%20Census%20 Undercount%20on%20FMAP-based%20Programs%2003-19-18.pdf) found that a 1 percent undercount in the census could result in at least $300 million in federal funding lost for Texas every year for 10 years,
the interval in which the census is performed.
Losses would erode programs whose federal funding relies in part on census data, such as special education grants, foster care, highway planning and construction, and health care services for low-income and elderly people.
The census counts also determine the number of each state’s representatives in Congress and presidential electoral votes. Texas could gain up to three new congressional seats (https://www.brennancenter.org/potential-shifts-political-power-after-2020-census) after the 2020 Census, more than any other state stands to gain
more than half of states (http://forabettertexas.org/images/2018_Census_Factsheet_CCC.pdf) have made their own plans to ensure an accurate count of their populations in 2020.
California has allocated more money (https://www.ppic.org/publication/californians-and-the-2020-census/) for census outreach than any other state, with $100 million for 2018-19 and another $54 million proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom for 2019-20.
“If we don’t step up, the reality is California’s going to eat our lunch,”
https://www.texasobserver.org/census-legislature-citizenship-billions/ (https://www.texasobserver.org/census-legislature-citizenship-billions/)
Since the House is capped at 435 Reps for the last 100 years, where would TX get 3 more seats?